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We explore the cities of San Francisco and Boston using billions of data points collected via activity monitoring apps. Tens of millions of self-tracking applications are used by people eager to monitor how many calories they consume, how many hours they sleep, how many steps they take.
By analyzing such data, we can start to understand the factors that influence outdoor human activity—such as weather, urban morphology, topography, traffic, the presence of green areas, etc. Click on the interactive app to explore how we move in cities and how cities can keep us healthier and on the move. -
Boston
San Francisco
Music: www.bensound.com
CITYWAYS investigates
thousands of walking, biking, and cycling trips
recorded over a period of one year
showing the power of self-tracking applications
to better understand our cities
Cityways
Unveiling Recreational Movement
in Urban Areas
in Urban Areas
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CityBostonRunning
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DateAugust 24
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Weather25°C
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Av. Dist.23,435
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GenderFemale 4%Male 85%Cycle 85%
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Age13-24 14%25-44 85%45-99 1%
Launch Application
Click on the interactive app to explore how we move
in cities and how cities can keep us healthier and on the move
in cities and how cities can keep us healthier and on the move
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Press
The material on this website can be used freely in any publication provided that
1. It is duly credited as a project by the MIT Senseable City Lab
2. A PDF copy of the publication is sent to senseable-press@mit.eduPublications1. Effect of Weather on Pedestrian Trip Count and Duration: City-Scale Evaluations Using Mobile Phone Application Data
Preventive Medicine Reports
2. To and fro : digital data-driven analyses of pedestrian mobility in urban spaces
PhD Dissertation, MIT DUSP
3. Examining Weather Influences on Physical Activity and Active Travel Using Mobile Phone GPS Datasets
:Under Review
4. Walk This Way: Urban-scale analysis of walking activity and the built environment using data from mobile phones
:Under Review
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Team
Senseable City Lab :.::
Carlo Ratti Director
Anthony Vanky PhD Researcher
Paolo Santi Research Adviser
Fábio Duarte Project Manager
Hyemi Song Website, Visualization for App
Ruixian Ma Visualization for Video
Wonyoung So WebsiteLiberty Mutual
Santosh Verma Senior Research Scientist
Theodore Courtney Director
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